Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Thursday that Iran may stop allowing UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its nuclear facilities and pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ...
The European Union may resume talks with Serbia over the country's possible accession into the EU this fall, even if indicted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has not been...
A Connecticut Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that civil unions do not harm same-sex couples, saying that they "share the same benefits, protections and responsibilities" as married couples. Judge Patty Jenkins Pittman further wrote that...
France's far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen , who surprised observers with his strong performance in the 2002 French presidential election , will be put on trial in Paris for allegedly denying how brutal...
Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday decided to postpone a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage until after the November election, just days after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a law that shortens the conscription term and wipes out five accepted reasons for military draft deferments. The law, passed by both houses of...
Indian authorities have detained approximately 350 people for questioning in connection with Tuesday's Mumbai train bombings , which killed over 200 people and wounded 700. Police Inspector S. Goshal said Thursday that none of the detainees have been...
Ugandan Security Minister Amama Mbabazi on Wednesday asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to retract its indictments against several leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for war crimes in an effort to encourage senior...
The Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) , part of Europe's human rights watchdog the Council of Europe , called on Albania Wednesday to improve prisoner treatment in the...
Ohio authorities on Wednesday morning executed the first inmate under new lethal injection guidelines implemented last month in a move to prevent extreme pain during an execution. In a June report and letter to Ohio...
